Pilot study evaluating the effect of massage therapy on stress, anxiety and aggression in a young adult psychiatric inpatient unit

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 414-422

  Garner, Belinda ^a   Phillips, Lisa J ^b   Schmidt, Hans Martin ^c   Markulev, Connie ^a   O'Connor, Jenny ^b   Wood, Stephen J ^b   Berger, Gregor E ^a   Burnett, Peter ^c   McGorry, Patrick D ^b  

^a ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Massage therapy; Psychiatric hospitalization; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MASSAGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 45849138982     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670801961131     Document Type: Article

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